Improved clothes-rack



adii-titled tatrt JOSEE JOHNSON., OF NEW YORK, N,

Letters Patent N 105,086, dated July 5, 1,870; antedateal J'tme 30, 1870.

IMPROVE!) CLOTHES-RACK.

The Schedule referred to in eligen Letten Patent and making part of thelame.

To all tvliom tt 'may concern Be it known that I, Josas JOHNSON, of NewYork, in the county of New York and in the State of New Yorin-haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks; and dhereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accoinpanyiiigdrawingand to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a hanging clothes-rack, which, when not in use, can be folded vup outof the way. g

1n order to enable others skilled in .the artto which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my clothes-rack iii position for use,and

Figure 2'is a perspective' View Aof the same when not in nse.-

My clotliesrack consists of a series of round bars, A A, of -any desiredlength, connected at their c'nds any suitable distance apart by means ofcords'a and b.

The upper or top one of the bars A is provided 'at one end with across-bar, B, forininga T`shaped bar, which has a cord, d, attached ateach ei'id of the bar B, and forming in the center a loop, e.

The cord b, which connects the -outer endsof the bars A A, passes abovethe. upper bar, and through the knot which forms the loop. on the cordd, so that said cord bean, be drawn up when desired, as will behereinafter desciibedt The clothes-rack thus constructed is suspendedfrom a pino nail by means ofthe loop e, in such a mani ner thatthecross-bar B will bear against the wall,

when the bars A A will be held in a horizontal position at'i'ight angleswith the wall, and clothes, can be hung on said hars. If the pin or nailon which the rack is suspended should stand straight out from the wall,it will-only be necessary to take a turn 1n t-lie loop, when it will heas securely fastened as is necessar Syhonld the outer ends of the armsoi' bars AA sag down, it will readily be remedied, b yniei'ely drawingup the cord b, and shortening it directly under the loo e.

Then the rack is not in use, the cross-bar B is re moved from itslposition againstA the `wall, and hung on the nail, when the bars A Awilll hang, as shown in lig. 2, close totlie wall, and be out ot theway. The lower end of the cord a may be provided with a loop, f, to be'also suspended from the same nail when the rack is not in ilse, asotherwise the rack might drag on. the floor. The cords a b d may all bein one piece instead of several, as above mentioned.

This simple, but -yet vei'y liaudy clothes-rack can'v ,he made verycheap, and may be easily packed away in a trunk when traveling,

Having thus fully described my invention,

. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the arms A.A, crossbar B, one or more cords a b d,and with or without the loo'ps e f, all constructed and arranged asdescribethto form a hanging clothes-rack, substantially as herein setforth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereuntoset 'myhand this 23d day of December, 1869.

J OSEE JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

A.. N. MARR, G. M.' ALExANDEn.

